The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children - A resource for COVID-19 research: Questionnaire data capture May-July 2020

Wellcome Open Research

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Kate Northstone¹  Daniel Smith¹  Claire Bowring¹  Nicholas Wells¹  Michael Crawford¹  Simon Haworth²  Nicholas J. Timpson¹ 

[1] ALSPAC, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol;MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol;Bristol Dental School, University of Bristol

关键词: ALSPAC;    Children of the 90s;    birth cohort study;    COVID-19;    coronavirus;    online questionnaire;    mental health;   

DOI  :  10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16225.2

学科分类：内科医学

来源: Wellcome

【 摘 要 】

The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is a prospective population-based cohort study which recruited pregnant women in 1990-1992 and has followed these women, their partners and their offspring ever since. The study reacted rapidly to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, deploying an online questionnaire early on during lockdown (from 9th April to 15th May). In late May 2020, a second questionnaire was developed asking about physical and mental health, lifestyle and behaviours, employment and finances. The online questionnaire was deployed across the parent and offspring generations between the 26th May and 5th July 2020. 6482 participants completed the questionnaire (2639 original mothers, 1039 original fathers/partners, 2711 offspring (mean age ~28 years) and 93 partners of offspring). 1039 new participants who did not respond to the first questionnaire deployed in April completed the second questionnaire.  A positive COVID-19 test was reported by 36 (0.6%) participants (12 G0 and 24 G1), 91 (1.4%; 35 G0 and 56 G1) reported that they had been told by a doctor they likely had COVID-19 and 838 (13%; 422 G0 and 416 G1) suspected that they have had COVID-19.   The observational data from both COVID questionnaires will be complemented with linkage to health records and results of biological testing as they become available. In combination, these data may help us identify true cases. Data has been released as an update to the original dataset released in May 2020. It comprises: 1) a standard dataset containingall participant responses to both questionnaires with key sociodemographic factors and 2) as a composite release coordinating data from the existing resource, thus enabling bespoke research across all areas supported by the study. This data note describes the second questionnaire and the data obtained from it.

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